The owner of a now defunct Massachusetts circus school was found dead a day after he was convicted of assaulting two of his former juvenile students. Steven A. Santos, 48, was scheduled for sentencing on Thursday on five counts of indecent assault and battery on a child 14 or older and one count of ssault …
The case of a 41-year-old woman found stabbed more than 100 times two weeks ago remains unsolved, despite a search of a home of a man who knew her and gave investigators “inconsistent statements” about the case. Investigators searched the man’s home, but there was “no evidence obtained,” the paperwork says. Janie Pendleton, a Milwaukee …
A suburban Atlanta police officer has been arrested after he allegedly raped a woman he had arrested. The City of South Fulton Police Department said that Micheal Cockran, 30, has been charged with sexual assault by a person with supervisory or disciplinary authority and violation of oath of office while on duty. Police said the …
An Oklahoma man has been arrested after he allegedly shot his twin sister and her 17-month-old daughter to death and then fled to Georgia. Grant Wilson, a 31-year-old native of Oklahoma, was arrested in Monroe County, south of Atlanta, on Sunday morning, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said. The agency said that LeFlore County …
An 18-year-old Texas woman slammed her vehicle into a home in Stephenville in the early hours of Sunday morning, killing a mother and her 7-year-old son. Gracie Yates was charged with two counts of criminally negligent homicide for the crash, which happened just before 3:30 a.m., the Stephenville Police Department said. Several members of the …
A California man is behind bars, charged with assaulting his ex-wife, kidnapping his 4-year-old son, and hitting two pedestrians with his car as he fled the scene. An Amber Alert was issued after the incident early Monday evening and officers issued a be on the lookout alert for 40-year-old Daniel Hutchens, the Monterey Police Department …
A California man who used his home as a short-term vacation rental has been charged with filming his guests — including children — “during private moments without their knowledge.” Christian Parmalee Edwards, 44, has been charged with multiple felonies “related to the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material,” the Madera County Sheriff’s Office …
An Indiana woman has been charged with murder after her boyfriend and his parents were found shot to death in their home. The Will County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois said that Jenna Strouble, 30, “had an on/off relationship” with Jacob Lambert, 32, who was found dead in a vehicle early Monday in the driveway of …
A complaint about loud music on Florida’s east coast on Monday devolved into a hours-long standoff and shootout with police — and the suspect, a 53-year-old woman dead. The Palm Bay Police Department said it was called just before 4 p.m. and again just after “regarding a disturbance involving gunshots.” Responding officers were met with …
A one time Michigan teacher’s aide has been charged with child abuse for an incident late last year in which she allegedly threw a 13-year-old special needs student into a window. According to an incident report, the 13-year-old child, who is largely non-verbal and reportedly has mental faculties closer to that of a 5-year-old, was …
A Pennsylvania mother and her boyfriend were arrested on Friday after an investigation into their home life “where children in their house were experiencing being beaten with a belt and firearms in the house were used to threaten and strike the children. Maria Roche, 31, has been charged with aggravated assault endangering the welfare of …
An Oregon man was stabbed in the back on Sunday by a passenger in a vehicle that struck his pregnant wife in a parking lot in Rockaway Beach. The woman was carrying her 2-year-old son when she was struck, and the driver did stop, the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office said. The husband “confronted the driver” …
